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2012-01-29

Doors Open: 12:00 p.m.
Pastimes
8502 W Golf Rd
Niles, Illinois

Printable version
Modern is the newest Constructed format in Magic. Play with over 8 years worth of cards, including 8th Edition, Mirrodin, and all sets printed thereafter. Modern's diverse card pool allows for a wide range of decks and strategies, whether you want to update old standard decks with new tech or brew up new achetypes.

Main Event

 

TCGplayer.com MaxPoint Series Bronze Event - Modern

TCGplayer MaxPoint series is a new major tournament series for 2012. Each event you play in earns you MaxPoint cards - collect them to earn entry into the HUGE $50,000 Championship in December!

Registration: 12:00 p.m.

Start Time: 12:30 p.m.

Entrance fee: $5

Format: Constructed - Modern

Format Description: Constructed decks must contain a minimum of sixty cards. If a player wishes to use a sideboard, it must contain exactly fifteen cards.

With the exception of basic land cards, a player's combined deck and sideboard may not contain more than four of any individual card, counted by its english card title equivalent. All cards named Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest are basic.

The Modern format allows cards from every Magic set released using the "Modern" or "Eighth Edition" card frame. This includes cards from the following sets:
Eighth Edition
Ninth Edition
Tenth Edition
Magic 2010
Magic 2011
Magic 2012
Mirrodin block
Kamigawa block
Ravnica block
Time Spiral block
Lorwyn/Shadowmoor block
Alara block
Zendikar block
Scars of Mirrodin block
Innistrad block


Structure: Swiss

Structure Description: Most of Pastimes tournaments utilize a system of pairing called "Swiss".

The principle of a Swiss tournament is that each player will be pitted against another player who has done as well (or as poorly) as him or herself.

The first round is either drawn at random or seeded according to rating. Players who win receive a point, those who draw receive half a point and losers receive no points. Win, lose, or draw, all players proceed to the next round where winners are pitted against winners, losers are pitted against losers, and so on. In subsequent rounds, players face opponents with the same (or almost the same) score. No player is paired up against the same opponent twice however.

Here is a summary of the modified swiss pairing system:

* Round one : All players are paired randomly.
* Round two: the winners of round one will play each other, the losers of round one will play each other
* Round three: the players with 0-2 records play each other, likewise with the 1-1s, and the 2-0s.
* Round four: the 0-3s play each other, as do the 2-1s, the 1-2s, and the 3-0s.

Sometimes, however, it is not possible to pair players with exactly the same records (due to drops or draws), so you may be "paired" up or down a record.

After an amount of rounds set at the beginning of the tournament (based on the number of players), the player with the best record wins.

Number of Swiss Rounds to be played. There is a fairly set standard for the number of Swiss Rounds in an event based on the number of participants:

Attendance Number of Swiss rounds
Attendance = 9-16 Swiss Rounds = 4
Attendance = 17 - 32 Swiss Rounds = 5
Attendance = 33 - 64 Swiss Rounds = 6
Attendance = 65 - 128 Swiss Rounds = 7
Attendance = 129 - 226 Swiss Rounds = 8
Attendance = 227 - 409 Swiss Rounds = 9
Attendance = 410 or higher Swiss Rounds = 10


Prizes: Prizes will be awarded as store credit depending on record after the Swiss rounds. All players with X-1-1 records or better will receive prize. In addition, top finishers will play in a single elimination playoff to earn Points and Playmats:

1st Place - Playmat + 10 Points
2nd Place - Playmat + 5 Points
3rd/4th - Playmat + 2 Points
5th-8th - 2 Points

Top finishers also earn one of these playmats!

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